diff --git a/.env.dist b/.env.dist
index 3d49a9616..ee7e4e4d6 100644
--- a/.env.dist
+++ b/.env.dist
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ DJANGO_SUPERUSER_USERNAME=admin # do not use in production!
 DJANGO_SUPERUSER_PASSWORD=admin # do not use in production!
 DJANGO_SUPERUSER_EMAIL=mail@example.com # do not use in production!
 AML_LOCATION_PROVIDER=http://ip2country:5000/{} # address of the ip2country container, don't change
-ALLOWED_HOSTS=localhost # needs to be changed when running in production
+AML_ALLOWED_HOSTS="backend.muscle.local" # needs to be changed when running in production
 
-REACT_APP_API_ROOT=http://localhost:8000 # address of the server, don't change
+REACT_APP_API_ROOT=http://backend.muscle.local # address of the server, don't change
 REACT_APP_EXPERIMENT_SLUG=gmsi # experiment slug that the frontend redirects to
 REACT_APP_AML_HOME=https://www.amsterdammusiclab.nl # website you will be redirected to if you do not agree with an informed consent form
 REACT_APP_LOGO_URL= # optional: link to logo
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
index 10cb61cb0..cae266f3a 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -27,6 +27,13 @@ services:
         ports:
          - 8854:5000
     server:
+        labels:
+          # Enables Traefik for the Django backend service,
+          # routes HTTP requests with the host 'backend.muscle.local' to this service,
+          # and sets 'web' as the (http, insecure) network entry point for these requests.
+          - "traefik.enable=true"
+          - "traefik.http.routers.server.rule=Host(`backend.muscle.local`)"
+          - "traefik.http.routers.server.entrypoints=web"
         build:
           context: ./backend
           dockerfile: DockerfileDevelop
@@ -40,6 +47,7 @@ services:
             source: ./backend
             target: /server
         environment:
+          - AML_ALLOWED_HOSTS=${AML_ALLOWED_HOSTS}
           - AML_DEBUG=${AML_DEBUG}
           - DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=${DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE}
           - DJANGO_SUPERUSER_USERNAME=${DJANGO_SUPERUSER_USERNAME}
@@ -55,6 +63,13 @@ services:
           - 8000:8000
         command: bash -c "python manage.py migrate && python manage.py bootstrap && python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000"
     client:
+        labels:
+          # Enables Traefik for the React frontend service,
+          # routes HTTP requests with the host 'muscle.local' to this service,
+          # and sets 'web' as the (http, insecure) network entry point for these requests.
+          - "traefik.enable=true"
+          - "traefik.http.routers.client.rule=Host(`muscle.local`)"
+          - "traefik.http.routers.client.entrypoints=web"
         build:
           context: ./frontend
           dockerfile: DockerfileDevelop
@@ -85,6 +100,18 @@ services:
         ports:
           - 3000:3000
         command: sh -c "yarn scss && yarn start"
+    traefik:
+      image: traefik:latest
+      command:
+        - "--api.insecure=true"
+        - "--providers.docker=true"
+        - "--providers.docker.exposedbydefault=false"
+        - "--entrypoints.web.address=:80"
+      ports:
+        - "80:80"
+        - "8080:8080"  # Traefik dashboard
+      volumes:
+        - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock
 volumes:
     db_data:
     db_backup:
diff --git a/scripts/add-hosts-entries b/scripts/add-hosts-entries
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..82ccbadb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/add-hosts-entries
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Define host entries
+HOST_ENTRIES=(
+    "# MUSCLE"
+    "127.0.0.1 muscle.local"
+    "127.0.0.1 backend.muscle.local"
+    "# END MUSCLE"
+)
+
+# Path to the hosts file
+HOSTS_FILE="/etc/hosts"
+
+# Function to add an entry if it doesn't exist
+add_host_entry() {
+    local entry=$1
+    if ! grep -q "$entry" "$HOSTS_FILE"; then
+        echo "$entry" | sudo tee -a "$HOSTS_FILE"
+    else
+        echo "Entry already exists: $entry"
+    fi
+}
+
+# Add each host entry
+for entry in "${HOST_ENTRIES[@]}"; do
+    add_host_entry "$entry"
+done